the 1000 horsepower McLaren P1 GTR design concept premiere — designboom.com

the 1000 horsepower McLaren P1 GTR design concept premiere at concours d’elegance all images courtesy of McLaren two decades after the introduction of the McLaren F1 GTR, the covers have been pulled off the McLaren P1 GTR design concept during the pebble beach concours d’elegance event in california. based on the P1 road car, the track-focused GTR variant further optimizes the aerodynamically efficient ‘shrink-wrapped’ body shape in order to offer maximum performance, superior handling characteristics and optimum driver engagement on track. a host of changes have been made, and the car has been thoroughly re-engineered from the ground up. for starters, it is now powered by a motorsport-based 1000 horsepower 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 engine and lightweight electric motor and is built on-site by by McLaren special operations at the woking headquarters in the UK.

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